Sanitary hair receiver



Nov. e, 1928. 1,690,927

C. R. DICKERSON SANITARY HAIR RECEIVER Filed 1927 Patented Nov. 6, 1928.

UNITED STATES CATHERINE R. DICKEBSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SANITARY HAIR RECEIVER.

Application filed August 18, 1927. Serial No. 218,903.

This invention relates to a hair receiver for use in barber shops, bobber shops, beauty parlors and the like, and has for one of its objects to provide a novel, simple and inexpensive device of this character Wh1ch shall be adapted to be placed upon the shoulders and about the neck of a customer so as to catch and retain the hair as it 15 out.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hair, receiver 'of the character stated which shall be adapted to be readily applied and removed, which will not be uncomfortable and will not hinder the barbers work,. and which will prevent the scattering of hair about the floor and in the air of the sho or parlor as is now'done as the result 0 the shaking of the shrouds now employed by barbers.

\Vith the foregoing and other ob ec,ts in view, the nature of which will appear as the description proceeds, the invent on consists of the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherem:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the hair receiver,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the vertical plane indicated by the line 2-2 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a perspective view illustrating the manner in which the hair receiver is adapted to be applied to the customer.

The hair receiver is in the form of a shallow tray of circular contour. Itsbottom wall 1 is flexible and its side wall 2 is rigid,

the former being made of sheet rubber and providedat its lower edge with an inwardly directed annular flange 3 to the upper surface of which the bottom wall 1 is secured. The bottom wall 1 is provided with a centrally located circular opening/l for the reception ofthe neck of the customer, and with a slot 5 extending outwardly from the opening to the inner edge of the flange 3. A split tube 6 which is made of thin rubber, is secured to the upper surface of the bottom wall 1 inalinement with the wall of the opening 4, and the ends thereof are arranged in alinement with thewalls of the slot 5.

the neck of the customer b A draw string 7 is carried by the tube 6 and provides means by which the tube may be drawn into and secured in close contact with the neck of the customer. The bottom wall 1 is secured to the flange 3 and'the tube 6 to the bottom wall preferably by the vulcanizing process.

In practice, the hair receiver is applied to the customer in the manner illustrated in Figure 3 and it is supported upon the shoulders of the customer by the flange 3. As the bottom 1 is made of thin rubber and is provided with the slot 5, the opening 4 may be enlar ed to receive the head of the customer during the application of the hair receiver. After the application of the hair receiver, the tube 6 is stretched about the draw string 7, and thetightening of t e tube closes the slot by drawing the side Walls thereof together. The hair receiver will catch and retain the hair as it is cut, and after its removal from the customer the hair may be discharged therefrom into a suitable receptacle withoutscattering it on the floor or in the air of the shop or parlor.

It should be understood that the drawing is merely illustrative and does not pretend to give exact proportions. Furthermore, the said drawing is illustrative of a preferred construction, it being my expectation that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and sco e of my invention.

hat is claimed is A hair receiver comprising a receptacle having an elastic bottom wall and a comparatively rigid side wall, the side wall being provided at its lower edge with an inwardly irected and comparatively rigid flange to which'the bottom wall is secured. the bottom wall being adapted to' assume and remain in a substantially horizontal position when in place and provided with a neck receiving opening and with a slot extending from the opening to the edge of the flange. a split tube secured to the bottom wallin .alinement with the wall of the opening and having its ends arranged in'alinement with the walls of the slot, and a draw string arranged in the tube.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CATHERINE R. DICKERSON. 

